Dustguard case for automobiles



' March 18 1924-. 1,487,009 A. H. BLUM ET AL DUS TGUARD CASE FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed June '7, 1923 A TTORNE YS Patented Mar. 155, 13 924.

ALBERT HAROLD BLUM AND siren erases ear ' MISSISSIPPI.

nusreunsn case-non nu'rolvromrnsp I Application filed June 7,1923. Serial No. 64;4,( )00.-"v 1 To'aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT HAROLD BLUM and DANIEL TIMOTHY SHAN HAN, citizens of the United States, and residents of'Greenville in the county of Washington and State of hiississippi,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dustguard Cases for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to guards for openings in the floorboards of anautomobile and through which the opera-ting levers or pedals extend.

an object of the invention is the provision of a guard adapted to: be associated with the emergency brake'lever of a Ford automobile for closing the slot in. the floor board through whichthe lever operates for the purpose of preventing air, water and dust passing through said slot whensaid lever is in its normal inoperative position.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a guard providing a closure for a slot in the floor board of an automoautomobile.

Figure 2 is alongitudinal section of the guard. applied tothe slot through which the emergency brake operates.

Figure 3 is a view in perspective of the guard and its associated parts in disengaged relation.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the floor located in front 50, of the front seat of a Ford automobile '7 and is provided with an opening or slot 2 through which projects an emergency brake lever 3. The periphery of the slot is reinforced by a metal band 4.

When the automobile is running the emerthrough the guard-"5;

plied to the emergency brake lever of the' gency brake lever is located atthe forward end of the slot and dust, moisture and air are forced upwardly through the slot into the body of the automobile during run- .mng. .ing running of the automobile, We have provlded a guard 5 composed of sheet metal preferably rectangular in" shape and provided with an opening 6 at one end of sufin order to close this opening durficient size through which'is inserted the emergency brake lever 3. Y

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DANIEL 'rrr rornY-s AnAHAN, or GBEENVILLE,

In orderto prevent dust'andair travelling through the opening 6 and along the lever 3 we have secured tofth'e upper face of the guard '5 and adjacent the opening '6 aipair of leather guards T which'have --the1rg.1nner ends in engagement with each other; The members? are provided with openlngs alming with openings in the plate 5 whereby saidmembers maybe secured to the upper faceof saidplate: The members transversely of the meeting edges of said member to providetongues 9. 1 These tongues are adaptedto be forced upwardly and embrace thesid'es of the emergency brake lever and aid in sealing the opening where the emergencybrake lever passes V track -r guideway' 10 is provided in which the guard 5 slides when the lever 3 is' operated. This guide is formed of a 'thin sheet of 1 metal stamped to form a channel member and comprisesa base member '11, vertical side flanges 12 and a vertical end flange 13. 'Extending at right angles to the flanges 12* are horizontal flanges 14 which are perforated to receive securing means for lockingv the guide to the bottom 1 of the floor boards.

zontal flange 15 which is likewise'provided with perforations to "receive. securingmeans for locking the end of the guide to the floor board. I

A longitudinal slot 16 is formed cen trally and longitudinally of the bottom plate 11 andis'adapted to register with the opening 2 inthe floorboards and through which the emergency brake lever operates.

The end. vertical flange 13 is provided with a hori- Secured longitudinally of the base 11 and upon opposite sides of the slot '16 are a pair of leather tracks 17 forming rails upon which the guard 5 rides during operation of the lever 3. The tracks 17 may be hing.

2 in the floor board.

WV hen the emergency brake lever is located in the position shown in Figure 1 the openingwvillbeexposed to view or when the lever is located in neutral position part of the opening will be exposed to view, but

since the automobile is either standing still or moving very slowly at this time the par tial ope'ningof the slot in the floor boards will have no effect in permitting a draft of air to pass through the slot.

It must be'bOIIl in mind that the object of the device is accomplished when the emergency brake ,leveris moved to its forward position and the automobile is run- VVhat we claim is:

;1. In a device'ot the class described, the combination of a "floor board of an automobile providedwith a slot, a lever operable in said slot, a guard comprising a plate provided'with an opening to receive the lever, meansmounted *onthe plate adjacent the opening engageable with the lever for sealing theopening in the plate, and a guide secured to the floor board to receive the plate and guide it in its oscillating movement.

"2. In a .device'of the class described, the combination of a floor board of an automobile provided with a slot, a lever operable in said slot, a guard comprising a plate provided with an opening to receive the lever, means mounted on'the plate adjacent the opening enga'geable with the lever for sealing the opening in the plate,

a channel-shaped member providing a guide torlthe'movable guard and provided with 'a*slot inwhich thel'everis adapted to oscillate, tracks located vupon opposite sides of the slot adapted to support the plate and aid in sealing the opening in the floor board. i

3 in a device of the class described, the combination of a floor board of an automobile provided with a slot, a lever operable in said slot, a guard comprising a plate provided with. an opening to receive the lever, means mounted on the plate adjacent the opening engageable with the lever for sealing the opening in the plate, a channel-shaped member providing a guide for the movable guard and provided wi h a slot in which the lever is adapted to oscillate, tracks located upon opposite sides of the slot adapted to support the plate and'ai'l in sealing the opening in the floor board, said channel-shaped member being provided with laterally extending flanges, means for securing the flanges to the under face of the floor boards whereby the guard is slidable between the under face of the floor boards and the tracks.

a. In a device of the class described, the combination of a floor board of an automobile provided with a slot, a lever operable in said slot, a plate provided with an opening'through whiclrtlie lever is adaptedto be oscillated, said plate being provided with flanges at its opposite edges extending upwardly and laterally from the same, and flanges extending upwardly and outwardly from the one end of the 'plate, tracks secured to the plate adjacent the longitudinal side edges of the slot, a guard slidable on the racks otthe plate and having its side edges in engagement with the upstanding flanges disposed along the edge of the plate, said guard being provided with an opening to receive the lever whereby when'the said lever is oscillated the guard is carried with the reciprocating lever, means for securing the lateral flanges of the plate to the floor board of the automobile, a flat flexible member secured to the guard above the opening and provided with slits forming lips adapted to snugly engage the lever when said lever is inserted through the flexible member for sealing the opening in the guard where said lever passes through the opening.

ALBERT HAROLD BLUM. DANIEL TIMOTHY SHANAHAN. 

